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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
“ Estcourt “The R.hapsody of a Southern Winter 
Night “ Don Emanuel Gregorio “ What is Poetry 
^‘A few Thoughts on Southern Civilization;” “My 
Neighbor’s Rooster;” “ Departure of Youth ;” “ The Ini- 
tials “Thoughts on Coal — and Its Future Importance;’’ 
■^‘Retirement;” Editors’ Table; Literary Notices, &c., 
&c. Every Southern family, of taste and intelligence, 
should subscribe for this Magazine, at once. Terms — 
S3. 00 per annum. Address: ^‘Russeirs Magazine^'' 
Charleston, S. C, 
Ethel Somers; or. The Fate of the Union. By a Geor- 
gian. H. D. Norrell, Augusta, Ga. 1857. 
This work presents a very able defence of Southern 
Institutions, and contains many graphic and natural pic- 
tures from Southern life. The author deserves well of 
his countrymen, and we hope to see “ Ethel Somers ” on 
every book-shelf and centre-table in the Sunny South. 
If there are any who lack arguments to baffle the Aboli- 
tionists, they will find them clearly and forcibly set forth 
in this work. It may be ordered from the publisher, (H. 
D. Norrell,) and all booksellers. 
Received, also. List of Premiums, for the Second Ex- 
hibition of the Kentucky State Agricultural Society, to be 
held at Henderson, Ky., from the 13th to the 17th of Oc- 
tober. Premiuvis amd Regulations, for the Eight Annual 
Fair of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, to be held at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, from the 15th to the 18th of September. 
De B ow's RsviE^v, for August— an excellent number. 
The '■^Florida Farm Journal, a neat and well conduct- 
ed Agricultural monthly, of 16 pages, published by Gil- 
Lis & Reynolls, Palatka, Fla., at 50 cents per annum. 
How to Get a Patent — an excellent and most useful little 
pamphlet, for Inventors, &c. It can be obtained, per 
miil, from Fowler & Wells, 308 Broadway, New 
Y'ork, for four letter stamps, or 12^ cents. 
Mdscadine Champagne. — We are indebted to some 
unknown friend for a bottle of very pleasant sparkling 
Wine, made from the common Muscadine or Bullace. 
The generous donor will place us under further obligation 
by sending his name, with the recipe for making the 
Wine, and permission to publish it. 
CHINESE PllOEIFIC PEA Mil. FEEMING’S 
Crop. 
To-day (August 8th) we had the pleasure of riding 
over the Chinese Pea crop of our neighbor, Mr. .Iames P 
Fleming, and were delighted with the splendid prospect 
which his fields present. Most of his Peas were planted 
on poor uplands, dropping from one to three Peas in a 
hill, at the distance of four feet each way. They came 
up weak, delicate, and unprt'mising, but, with the first 
really warm weather of summer, they started to grow off 
vigoroudy and now present a sight such as is seldom 
seen. In many places the vines have spread and inter- 
locked covering ! he Ujlmle ground , and presenting a dense 
mass of vegetation from eighteen inch''S to two feet deep, 
by actual ni'^asurem' nt. As yet they show little sign of 
forming pods, and it is, therefore, reasonable to suppose 
that the next Lwo months will greatly develope their 
growth. This Pea bids fair to be of the greatest value for 
stock, and as a renovator of our poor, worn-out lands. 
We shall watch its farther growth and bearing properties 
with interest, and solicit, for publication, the experience 
of all who have given it a fair trial. 
NEW ADVEFTISE3IENTS. 
Read the following new’ advertisements in present 
number ; 
Brahmin Cattle. 
Washburti’s Patent Agricultural Iraplementp, 
Hyacinth’s, Tulips, &c. 
To Seedsmen, Planters, &c.. 
Fruits and Flowers for the South, 
Gloaming Nursery. 
Grapes for the South. 
Devon and Alderney Cattle for sale. 
Situation Wanted. 
Patent Rights for the South, &c. 
Cashmere Goats. 
A GREAT COFFEE POT I 
Coffee is the daily drink of millions of people in the 
United States, and yet how seldom do we get a really 
good cup of this unrivalled beverage I To make it right, 
get the best Mocha or Old Government Java ; roast it 
quickly, and watch it carefully until every kernel is of a 
clear light brown (not black) ; grind it a little coarser 
than common grits or grist, and make it, according to di- 
rections, in “ Hall’s Patent Improved Condensing Coffee 
Pot.” This Coffee Pot may be obtained from S. S. Jones 
& Co., of this city. 
Negroes and Cotton. — The New Orleans Delta esti- 
mates the number of Slaves at the South at over three and 
a half millions, and their aggregate valucj at present 
prices, at fully sixteen hundred millions of dollars. The 
Cotton plantations in the South it estimates at abouteighty 
thousand, and the aggregate value of the annual product, 
at the present prices of cotton, is fully one hundred and 
twenty-five millions of dollars. There are over fifteen 
thousand Tobacco plantations, and their annual products 
may be valued at fourteen millions of dollars. There are 
two thousand six hundred Sugar plantations, the products 
of which average annually more than twelve millions- 
Thereare five'hundred and fifty-oneRice plantations, which 
yield an annual revenue of four millions of dollars. 
New Cabbage. — The Winningstadt Cabbage is a new 
variety, the seeds of which have been recently distributed 
from the Patent Office at Washington. The Lewisburg 
(Pa.) Chronicle thus speaks of it : 
“This is a new variety of Cabbage. It is a very early 
kind, with small heads of a sugar-loaf form, and very 
compact and solid, and of course heavy forits size or bulk 
— so compact that no worm or other insects can get be- 
tween its leaves, and hence its interior, which is of sur- 
passing whiteness, is always nice and clean, possessing 
a richness of flavor equal if not superior to any variety of 
the cabbage yet known in these parts.” 
Sea Island Cotton — A subscriber, writing from Sa- 
vannah, under da'e of August 10, says; 
Excessive rains for six weeks have rendered the crops 
of Sea Island Cotton on the coast of Georgia very precari- 
ous, if not unpromising, Corn crops abundant. 
